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' My inventionv relatesto anew and useful improvement in textile fabric and it relates more particularly to a Anevel woven fabricV having a' resilient stiiening mesh on one side thereof invisible Afrom the face side and woven simultaneously with the be'dy of the fabric and interlaced therewith at intervals just suficiently frequent to adordthe Vbody fabric the necessary support when use.; For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown in the accompanying draw. ings one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since the same'has been found in' practice to give satisfactory and' reliable la results, although it is to be'understod that the various instrumentalities of which my invention 'consists can be 'variously arranged and organized and that my invention l'is'not limited tothe precise 'arrangementand or- 20 ganization of the instrumentalities as herein shown 'and described.

Figure 1 represents a top plan -view -of a fabric embodying my invention, shown on a greatly enlarged scale and in a somewhat diagrammatic manner. v A Figure 2 represents a plan view of thereverse or bac-k side of the fabric similarly er1- larged and also in a diagrammatic manner. Figure 3 represents a section'on line-3-3 of Figure 2 taken parallel to the warp of the fabric and with the warp lthreads of t e body omitted from the drawing for greater clarity.

Figure 4 re resents a section onlline 1Q-4 arallel to the weft of the' of Figure 2 ta en ody weft-threads omitted $5 fabric and with thefor greater clarity.

The novel fabric of my present invention `may be woven on aloom .with -tWo sets of warp threads and two sets of weft threads,

4o or two shuttles.

The warp threads of the bedy'as well as v the weft threads ofthe body may be any suitable material, while the warp and .weft

threads of the stiieningmeshor-weave may be any suitable stiifening strands as horsehair,

artificial horsehair, or thelike.V

In the particularembodiment of my inven-V vtion shown .in the drawings, the `fabric is especially adapted for use 'in making ladies 60 hats. llhus',` for instance, in this .particular embodiment I employ. for the body warp and wetthreadS, suitable at strands of visca or other artificial .cellulose. product,. such as arti. icial straw or the like. By artificial .celfj lulose I comprehendthe various regenerated maximus nasale.

' strand."

PENNSYLVANIA, A' coarona'rIoN or HEISSUE tcellulose products as fwell as cellulose deriva- 1ves.w'i4

`The bodyweft vand Awarp strands designated by thenumeral's 1 and 2 respectively, are each 'composed of tive or more independentflat threadsof visca or other suitable material 'and the 'general cross-section of the entire warp or weft strand is correspondingly In Figures 3 and 4' of the drawings I have, for thesake 'of lllustration, shown `in crosssectlon' the-wefts and warps respectively, as

.formed ef'two' latthreadsa and 6, although 1n actual practlce more than two threads ge.

to makeup a. be'dy warp and' abody weft On the' reverse side of the fabric, shown particularly tin I'Figure 2', there are disposed two rlght angular' sets of stiEenin-g stl'ands running weft-wlse 'and warp-wise, and desi gnated the lnumerals 3 and frespectively. Thestlfi'enlng -threads 3 and 4 are less frequent than `the body'weft and warn-threads '-1-and2' respectively and maybe laides frequently as desirable. In the particular emb'o'dlment-of-my invention illustrated in the drawings there are one half as'many stife'ning strands as there are body weft and warp strands. Thus thestiii'ening strands 3 and 4 are interwoven with each other in aplain Weavel to. form a relatively open'mesh or gauze on the reverse side surface of the body of the fabric.-

1 The weave of the body of the fabric formed of weftand war strands 1 and-2 andthe -weave of the sti ening mesh formed .cf the strands 3 and 4. are independent of each other except for an loccasional ,-interlacing -of the warp reinforcing threads e with the a threads ofcertainofthe weft body strands 1. Thus in the particular embodiment ofmy invention, shown in the drawing, the warp reinforcin threads' and 4. interlace with' the thrca' .-a of every fourth bodyweft strand 1, thereby to establisha connectionbetween the body weaveand the reinforcin or stiffeningmesh or gauze on the'rear surn of thebody. The interlacing of adjacent warp stifening threads .4 with the bod strands 1 is preferably staggered, asindi particularly in Figure 2, sothat twoadjacent stiliening warp strands14- will,.not interlacewith the same body weft strandsl but will interlacewith ,every second or some' Weit cated 'e upon the frequency of interlacing between the stiifening warp strands and body weft body weft ,strands and body warp strands have been likewise enlarged. Thus, in Figure 1, the stiifening weft and .warp strands 3 and 4 are visible through the open spaces between the body weft and warp strands l and 2. In the actual fabric, however, the

space between the body weft strands and body warp strands is practically negligible so that the stiening strands 3 and 4 are entirel invisible from the face surface of the fabric (Figure l).

By my novel construction therefore I am able to produce a fabric of any suitable weave or texture and to so reinforce or stiifen the fabric on the reverse side thereof as' not to be at all visible on the face thereof and so as also to minimize the weight or thickness of the resultant product. Thus, a 'fabric einbodying my invention' may be woven `in-any desired weave and a stii'ening gauze or mesh may be applied to the rear surface without A destroying o,r in any way affecting the surfa ce texture. l

My novel fabric'linds numerous applications, particularly in fabric designed for use in hats and the like. Thus, myv invention is particularly applicable to the making of visca or artificial cellulose fabricsfor ladies hats and the like, which the rear stiiiening mesh or gauze attached to the rear face of the fabric will so stiifen the fabric aspto afford the same support suiicient to maintain the shape of the hat without any wire or any other bracing, or sizing, or the like.

The stiifening mesh of my novel fabric may be formed of natural hair threads or artificial hair threads of'artificial cellulose or the like such as artificialhorse-hair, or in fact any on one side of said body and invisible fromthe other side thereof, said stiifening mesh being formed of -threads having suitable re siliency and vbeing interlaced with body threads at intervals.

2. A textile fabric comprisin a body formed of multi-strand artificia cellulose warp and weft threads interlaced with each other n any suitable manner. and a stifening mesh on one side of said bod and invisible from the other side thereo composed' of threads vof suitable resiliency assed between constituent elements of t e individual strlands of the body threads at suitable interva s. Y

3. A textile hat fabric comprising a bod formed of multi-strand 'warp and we y threads interlaced with each other anda stiffening mesh on one side of said body, composed of artificial cellulose threads of suitable resilieney interwoven between constituent elements of the individual strands of the multi-strand body threads at suitable intervals.

. 4. A textile fabric comprising a body formed of multi-strand artificial cellulose threads, interlaced with each other in any suitable manner and a stifiening mesh on one side of said bod composed of articial cellulose threads o -suitable stiffness passed between' constituent elements of the multistrandbody threads at suitable intervals.

'5. A textile .fabric comprising a body formed of artificial cellulose threads interlaced with each other in any suitable Inanner and a stilfening mesh-on one side of said body, formed of sets of artificial cellulose warp` and weft threads of suitable stiffness, only one of said sets of stiiiening threads being interlaced with threads of the body at in. tervals.

6. A textile fabric comprising a body formed of artificial strawwarp and weft threads and astiffening'mesh on one side of Asaid body, formed of artificial cellulosethreads of suitable stiffness interlaced with body threads at intervals.

7, A' textile fabric of the character stated comprising a body formed of artificial straw warp and weft threads'interlaced in any suitable manner and a, stiifening mesh on one side of said body, formed of sets of v,Warp and weft threads of suitable stiffness; one of said sets of stiii'ening threads being interlaced with threads of the body at intervals.

8. A textile fabric including a body comprising relatively flat, ribbon-like, artificial cellulose threads and stiifening threads on one side of said bod interlaced withthreads of said"body 'at suitable intervals.

9. lA textile fabric including a body comprising relatively flat, ribbon-like, artificial cellulose threads and relatively round artili- .cialcellulose stifening'threads on one side of said body, interlaced with threads of said body at suitable intervals.

10. A textile fabric includin abody comprising relatively fiat, ribbon- 'ke, artificial cellulose threadsand a stiii'ening mesh on one side of said body, comprising relatively round artificial cellulose stiifenin threads interlaced with said body threa s at suitable intervals.

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